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th HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL CGB MEETING & IRTSA DELEGATION MEETS 7 CPC 49TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF IRTSA Well organised, impressive & Exclusive CLW, CHITTARANJAN HOSTED IN STYLE presentation on major issues of Central General Body (CGB) Meeting and 49th All India Annual Conference of IRTSA was held on 11th & 12th Technical Supervisors/Rail Engineers th th November, 2014, at Rabindra Manch, CLW, Chittaranjan. Jodhpur, 12 Dec, 2014: IRTSA delegates met 7 Central CGB Members, Office Bearers & active members of Pay Commission and presented a strong case on the IRTSA from all over Indian Railways participated in the demands pertaining to Technical Supervisors / Supervising CGB & CEC Meetings and Safety Seminar held during the Engineers. Through an exclusive well organised and Annual Conference. impressive Power Point Presentation and an exhaustive interaction with the entire Panel – including the Chairman, Secretary and Members of the Commission.

The meeting was presided over by The team included Er.Darshan Lal, Working Er.M.Shanmugam, Central President IRTSA, assisted by President /IRTSA, Er.K.V.Ramesh, Senior Joint General Er. K.V.Surendernathan & Er. Darshan Lal. Secretary / IRTSA, Er.O.N.Purohit, Central Treasurer / 1. Pre-Conference Seminar on Career Planning IRTSA, Er.M.K.Bhatnagar, Zonal Secretary IRTSA RCF, & Avenues of Promotion of Rail Engineers and Special Er.Jatana, Joint General Secretary / IRTSA & Er.Jagtar meeting on the Grade Pay of CMT Engineers. th Singh, Joint General Secretary /IRTSA On 10 Nov 2014 a preparatory pre-Conference I. In his introduction speech Er. Darshan Lal, Working Seminar was held to discuss two burning issues of “Career President /IRTSA thanked 7th CPC for giving the Planning & Avenues of Promotion of Rail Engineers” and opportunity for oral evidence and explained about IRTSA & “Grade Pay of CMT Engineers” and New Pension Scheme the category. He said that apex category of Technical etc. Supervisors had received raw deal always and their pay i) Er.Ashoke Chowdhury, Sr.JGS, CEC IRTSA scale, promotional avenue are grievously inadequate. welcomed the gathering and briefly explained about the Graduate Engineers recruited in the GP of Rs.4600 remain purpose of the Seminar. in same Grade Pay without any promotion & JEs after ii) Er.K.V.Ramesh, Sr.JGS, CEC IRTSA getting one promotion to SSE remain in same Grade Pay elaborated on non-availability of proper career planning to for many years. He also told that proposal sent by Railway Technical Supervisors / Supervising Engineers, Non grant Board to Finance Ministry to upgrade the Grade Pay of of Group „B‟ Gazetted status to senior Technical SSE was not understood well and returned back. MACPS Supervisors and Anomaly in the Grade Pay of CMT have not brought expected relief and motivation to the Engineers. He also explained the details of the Case filed by category. Group „B‟ (Gaz) recommended by Pay IRTSA at CAT Chandigarh for grant of Group „B‟ gazette Commissions were not implemented in Railways. He also status to SSE, CMS, CDMS & Sr.Er(IT) and that justice will told that SSE scale has been downgraded compared to soon be done to the category. others and there is hierarchical confusion. iii) Sri.Sanat Kumar Mandal and Sri.Iswar II. Er.K.V.RAMESH, Senior JGS / IRTSA made a Power Chandra Hembram briefed about the CAT Kolkata Point Presentation on main demands pertaining to Judgement for grant of Grade Pay of pre-revised scale of th Technical Supervisors / Supervising Engineers. (A copy of Rs.7450-11500 to CMA-I as per 6 CPC Report – in view of the PPP is placed on the Website of IRTSA) element of direct Recruitment of Engineering Graduates in …… Continued on page - 4 their Cadre …… Continued on page - 5 Voice of Rail Engineers – (Previously Published as “THE RAIL SUPERVISOR”) Editor-in-Chief: Er. Harchandan Singh, GS / IRTSA Central Head Quarter: 32, Phase-6, Mohali, Chandigarh – 160055 Email [email protected] Multifarious Website www.irtsa.net Chairman Editorial Board, Er. M. Shanmugam, President / IRTSA Manager: K.V.Ramesh, G3 – Likith Homes, 3, Lakshmanan Nagar West Street, , – 600082. Mobile:09003149578. Email: [email protected]. “SUCCESS COMES TO THOSE WHO BELIEVE” Voice of Rail Engineers Page – 2 Nov-Dec, 2014 Editorial There is hierarchical confusion in vital safety th PAY & PROMOTIONAL AVENUES categories. Unjust multiplication factor adopted by 5 CPC for the scale of SSE to accommodate new scale of SHOULD BE COMMENSURATE WITH Rs.7500-12000 and the disadvantage carried through to 6th DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES: CPC need to be rectified by 7th CPC & has to be corrected. IRTSA TELLS CPC Highest Recruitment Qualifications of Technical Supervisors on the Railways need to be properly Employees are fundamental stakeholders in remunerated. Stagnation of Engineering Graduates in Government system and deserve to be treated and recruitment grade - for even more than 20 years - need to managed well over the long run; it is hard for the be addressed on top priority. Government to deliver great value to the citizens if their Grievously inadequate promotional avenues are employees are a de-motivated lot. If Government causing extreme stagnation and frustration of SSE, CMS, mismanages its employees, its capacity to deliver value to its CDMS & Sr.Er / IT, since their promotion chances are citizens will suffer seriously. limited to vacancies arising in meagre Group „B‟ posts. Indian Railways - which is principle transporter of the There are very meager in number of Posts in Group A country - is also the largest employer. It needs to manage its & B vis-à-vis Group C on the Railways as compared to all human resources very well. Phenomenal growth of transport other Central Government Departments and this situation which Railways achieved with addition of only 18% in its has to be improved not only on demand from staff side but route km that too with reduction in staff strength, also on functional & operational need of Railways. demonstrate Railway employees‟ commitment towards 7th CPC has to rectify non-implementation of previous accelerated growth & incessant performance of Railways. pay commission recommendations & DoPT orders Are Railway men suitably rewarded for that? Are the thereafter on classification of posts and adamant attitude of technical categories - which contribute directly to the Railways not granting Group „B‟ (Gaz) to Technical accelerated productivity of Railway performance – given Supervisors / Supervising Engineers even though enough suitable pay package? Are their Pay & other allowances justifications are available and on the basis of declaration commensurate with their performance? given by DoPT to 5th CPC that Government posts which are Government & Railways should do sincere introspection having similar functions need to be categorized in similar on this front and they should concede the demand of classifications. technical employees to place them one scale higher than The fact that Cadre restructuring didn‟t bring any relief rd th indirect non-technical employees – as was done by 3 & 4 to senior supervisors (SSE/CMS/CDMS) and there is no th Pay Commissions. 7 CPC under the Chairmanship of combined cadre structure of Group „A‟, „B‟ & „C‟ has to be Justice Shri Ashok Kumar Mathur should link the addressed by 7th CPC. Availability of inadequate Gazetted performance with the Pay package and also study deeply posts are being addressed by all Government departments into disturbance of vertical relativity & horizontal parity. by increasing the strength of Gazetted posts by 36% over Technical Supervisors / Supervising Engineers who the period of eight years despite of reduction in overall staff shoulder direct responsibility in Production, repair & strength by 25%, whereas Railways never enlarge maintenance of Rolling Stock, Locos, P.Way, Bridges, Gazetted cadre by upgrading Group „C‟ to Group „B‟. Power distribution, Signal & Telecommunication, machinery Alarming anomaly of recruiting Graduate Engineers in plant & equipments, Design & Drawing, Chemical & the Grade Pay of Rs.4200 in C&M category has to be Metallurgical Labs, Stores, IT etc should be placed in higher removed at any cost. scales. Hierarchy of Technical Supervisors in Indian Apart from granting replacement Grade Pay of Rs.4800 Railways – Supervision of Five grades of Skilled & semi- to JE, CMA, DMS & JE/IT and Rs.5400 to SSE, CMS, skilled, besides ministerial category, including Chief Office CDMS & SE/IT, to overcome the stagnation and to meet Superintendent etc., need to be addressed appropriately. the requirement of higher degree of supervision due to the Determination of new Grade Pay / Pay scale by Job introduction of modern technologies & more outsourcing 7th Evaluation should be done, duly taking into account the CPC should consider introduction of New gazetted scale of duties, responsibilities and accountabilities shouldered by In-charge senior supervisory official as part of cadre in the each category and Technical categories which shoulder Grade Pay of Rs.6600. direct responsibilities should be placed one grade higher Grant of Time bound promotion can only overcome th than non-technical & supporting categories (as prior to 5 discrepancies in MACP Scheme. Allowances pertaining to CPC). the category like arduous duty allowance, risk allowance, Disturbance of vertical relativity between JE and design allowance, increase of training allowance to 30%, IT th th Sr.Technician who work under JE, is in violation of 5 & 6 allowance, etc, and incentive / Special Pay to Open line CPC recommendations. This needs to be corrected. JE-I Supervising Engineers, CMT, Stores & IT Engineers are to rd who were in the pay scale of Rs.550-750 after 3 CPC were be granted to attract to and keep the talented lot with given the GP of only Rs.4200 even though many other Railways. rd categories who were in the Pay Scale of 425-700 after 3 Will Government & Railways ask for it? Will 7th CPC CPC are now placed in the GP of Rs.4800/4600. This needs address the problems of Technical Employees – can the to be corrected. principle of pay and promotion linked to performance solve SSEs were placed in the pay scales of Rs.840-1040 & these problems? rd 840-1200 as per recommendations of 3 CPC. This was Railways must realize the significance of these and later on undone and many categories which were two grades other proposals given by IRTSA to the Seventh Pay th below, were placed in GP Rs.5400/4800 by 6 CPC, while Commission and fully endorse the same for promoting SSEs were placed humiliatingly in the GP of Rs.4600 - in greater efficiency, safety and greater job satisfaction among total disregard to duties & responsibilities of the SSEs. this vital section of the Railway men.

Voice of Rail Engineers Page –3 Nov-Dec, 2014 IRTSA CELEBRATES 49TH FOUNDATION DAY Supervising Engineers to strengthen IRTSA to regain the GRANDLY lost glory & importance of the category. Er.R.K.Pandey CELEBRATIONS FOR DIAMOND JUBILEE OF Zonal Secretary NE.Rly explained the activities of IRTSA at Railway Board & Zonal level. ICF & GOLDEN JUBILEE OF IRTSA Er. K.V.Ramesh, Sr.JGS briefly explained about GM ICF is the Chief Guest & Dr.M.Raghavaiah General two court cases filed by IRTSA. He explained argument put Secretary NFIR is Guest of Honour up by IRTSA at CAT Chennai through OA No.706/2013 for grant of higher Grade Pay to JE & SSE and at CAT Chandigarh through OA No. 211/PB/2014 for classifying the posts of SSE, CDMS, CMS & Sr.Er(IT) as Group-B gazetted. Er.M.Shanmugam CP/IRTSA elaborated History of IRTSA, his meeting with Secretary 7th CPC three times to ICF Zone of IRTSA celebrated 49th Foundation Day th highlight demands of IRTSA, spirited fight made by IRTSA of IRTSA colourfully on 27 November 2014 and grandly to revise the S-13 scale for SSE from Rs.7000-11500 to entered into its Golden Jubilee year and also Diamond Rs.7450-11500 during V CPC, serious disadvantages of Jubilee of ICF. The day was observed as National Integration National Pension Scheme (NPS), relief brought to the Day. Sri.Ashok K Agarwal General Manager ICF graced as category in the form of Cadre Restructure, etc. Chief Guest and Dr.M.Raghavaiah graced as Guest of NEW OFFICE BEARERS OF DLW ZONE Honour. Com.Purusothaman, Patron ICF LU/AIRF veteran Chairman - Er.B.D.Dubey trade union leader of ICF was felicitated. CME, CEE, CPM, Zonal President - Er.Manish Kumar Srivastava CWE/SHELL, CDE/M, CEGE, CME/QC, officers, union Zonal Secretary - Er. Mukesh Chand Verma members and members of IRTSA participated in large Zonal Treasurer - Er.S.K.Mishra number. Earlier, during the day Er.K.V.Ramesh Sr.JGS & Er.M.Shanmugam CP/IRTSA welcomed Guests & Er.Ramesh Kumar Pandey Zonal Secretary NE.Rly along members and he narrated History of IRTSA. Er.K.V.Ramesh with Er. Mukesh Chand Verma & Er.S.K.Mishra went Sr.JGS read out vision statement of IRTSA. Lighting of Kuthu around the workshop. Vilakku was done by GM/ICF, GS/NFIR, CME, CPM & CEE. O.N.PUROHIT CENTRAL TREASURER & Oath of solidarity was administered by GM/ICF. In his address Sri.Ashok K Agarwal General Manager ICF K.V.RAMESH SR.JGS/IRTSA ADDRESS appreciated members of IRTSA for their constructive TECH. SUPERVISORS / SUPERVISING contribution to ICF & Railways. He said that he feels proud to ENGINEERS AT JODHPUR be part of IRTSA Golden Jubilee celebrations and wished IRTSA all success. Dr.M.Raghavaiah GS/NFIR in his address narrated issues pertaining to Technical Supervisors and the efforts made by the Federation to resolve them. Logos on ICF Diamond Jubilee & IRTSA Golden Jubilee designed by Er.E.Ramesh were unveiled. Er.K.V.Surendranathan

Founder member of IRTSA was felicitated. th A cultural programme by ICF Silver Jubilee Higher 13 Dec 2014: Er.O.N.Purohit Central Treasurer Secondary School students was colourfully organised. IRTSA & Er.K.V.Ramesh, Senior JGS IRTSA addressed the meeting of Technical Supervisors / Supervising DLW ZONE OF IRTSA EMERGES AGAIN Engineers at Basic Training Centre, Jodhpur Workshop. STRONGLY Er.L.P.Verma welcomed the delegates and briefed about DLW Zone of IRTSA conducted its meeting on the representation made before 7th CPC. Er.K.V.Ramesh 22.11.2014 at Works canteen. Er.M.Shanmugam Central presented the Power Point Presentation made before 7th President/IRTSA was the Chief Guest. Er.K.V.Ramesh CPC on 12th Dec 2014. He also explained about cases filed Sr.JGS & Er.Ramesh Kumar Pandey Zonal Secretary NE.Rly by IRTSA at CAT Chennai demanding higher grade pay for also attended the meeting. Nearly 200 Technical Supervisors JE & SSE and at CAT Chandigarh demanding Group „B‟ / Supervising Engineers attended the meeting in short notice. (Gaz) to SSE, CMS, CDMS & Sr.Er/IT. Er.Manish Kumar Srivastava welcomed Guests and Er.O.N.Purohit explained the need to strengthen DLW members. Er.B.D.Dubey Staff Council Member, DLW in IRTSA at grassroots level to get better results from the his address said that many anomalies of MACPS are not demands and appealed for unity among Technical getting resolved and he appealed to all the members to Supervisors / Supervising Engineers. He also explained strengthen IRTSA. He also appreciated efforts taken by about the role of IRTSA with recognized Federations. IRTSA central leadership in submitting the memorandum to Er.Ramesh Kumar Chowdrey proposed vote of thanks. 7th CPC. Er.Satish Chandra mentioned about unresolved issue of MACPS for those who joined as tracers. He further said that many unnecessary transfers of Technical Supervisors are not only putting Supervisors in hardship but also hamper the Production. Gravity of problems of Supervisors are very serious in nature and Railway Board need to address the problems immediately, he added. Er.D.P.Yadav appealed to all Technical Supervisors /

Voice of Rail Engineers Page –4 Nov-Dec, 2014 PP PRESENTATION BY IRTSA BEFORE 7TH CPC 16. Posts carrying similar functions have to be given the th Continued from 1st Page same classification as per DoPT‟s submission to 5 CPC. 17. Cadre restructuring didn‟t bring any relief to senior supervisors (SSE/CMS/CDMS). 18. Number of Gazetted posts increased by 36% in other Govt. Departments over last 8 years, but not in

th Railways. In the Presentation before the 7 CPC Duties & 19. Necessity to have combined cadre structure for Group responsibility shouldered by the category in Production, „A‟, „B‟ & „C”. Repair & Maintenance of Rolling Stock, Locos, P. Way, 20. Requirement of higher number of managerial posts to Bridges, Power Distribution, Signal & meet out the increased plan outlay of Railways during Telecommunication, Machinery Plant & Equipments, 12th plan and to manage huge outsourcing. Design & Drawing, Chemical & Metallurgical Lab, Stores, 21. Anomalies and Improvements required to be done in IT etc and the main problems of the category were MAPCS & Time bound promotions to Technical explained by IRTSA Supervisors / Supervising Engineers. 1. Hierarchy of Technical Supervisors in Indian Railways – 22. Allowances pertaining to the category like arduous duty Supervision of Five grades of Skilled & semi skilled allowance, risk allowance, design allowance, increase besides ministerial category including Chief Office of training allowance to 30%, IT allowance, etc. Superintendent etc. 23. Incentive / Special Pay to Open line Supervising 2. Determination of new Grade Pay / Pay scale by Job Engineers, CMT, Stores & IT Engineers. Evaluation duly taking into account Duties, IRTSA S.Rly SUB UNITS CELEBRATE responsibilities and accountabilities shouldered by each th category / post and Technical categories which shoulder 49 FOUNDATION DAY OF IRTSA direct responsibilities who should be placed one grade Many sub-units of IRTSA Southern Railway Zone th higher than non-technical & supporting categories (as celebrated 49 Foundation Day of IRTSA in grand manner. prior to 5th CPC). 3. a. Replacement Grade Pay of Rs.4800 to JE and New Office Bearers of Diesel Shed Rs.5400 to SSE. b. Similarly placed posts of CMA, DMS & JE/IT should be granted the pay at par with Junior Engineer. c. Similarly placed posts of CMS, CDMS & SE/IT should be granted the pay at par with Senior Section Engineer. 4. Disturbance of vertical relativity between JE and Sr.Technician who work under JE in violation of 5th & 6th CPC recommendations were highlighted. 5. Categories which were in the Pay Scale of 425-700 during 3rd CPC are placed in the GP of Rs.4800/4600, Chairman : Er.Praneth, whereas JE-I who were in the pay scale of Rs.550-750 President : Er. A.Venkatesh, SSE/HE are placed in the GP of only Rs.4200. Vice President : Er.Saravanan,CDMS, Er.Kannan,CMS 6. Disregard to Duties & Responsibilities shouldered by Secretary : Er. Prabhakaran, SSE/AB SSE. Treasurer : Er. K.D.Devan 7. Exclusive pay scales (Rs.840-1040 & 840-1200) Asst. Secretary : Er.ShankarSSE,M&P, Er.R.Kolandaisamy recommended by 3rd CPC for Technical Supervisors SSE/WR, Er. Saj SSE/WR were diluted and many categories who were in two Org. Secretary : Er.Nookeswar Rao JE/WR, grade below are placed in GP Rs.5400/4800 by 6th CPC. BEC Members : Er.Sajeev,SSE/SM, Er.Abheesh SSE, 8. Scale of SSE was placed over Group „A‟ & Group „B” Er.Aneesh,SSE, Er.Saravan Kumar SSE, Er. T. posts previously but now degraded. Ravichandran SSE, Er.Divya Selvaraj SSE 9. Un-just multiplication factor adopted by 5th CPC and the 49th Foundation Day celebrations by BBQ unit disadvantage carried through to 6th CPC. 10. Highest Recruitment Qualification of Gradate in Engineering with one year training and stagnation of Engineering Graduates in recruitment grade for more than 20 years. 11. Discrimination in the Grade Pay of CMA-I which has the element of DR with Gradate in Engineering. 12. Incumbents of SSE, CMS, CDMS & Sr.Er/IT are stagnated in same grade till 4th CPC. 13. Meager number of Posts in Group A & B vis-à-vis Group C on the Railways as compared to all other Central New Office Bearers of BBQ Unit Government Departments. President : K.Krishnasamy 14. Promotion chances limited to vacancies arising in 4200 Secretary : S.Nirmal Chandran Group „B‟ posts. Treasurer : T.K.Chellappan 15. Non implementation of previous pay commission V. President : Ravi Shankar recommendations & DoPT orders on classification of Org. Secy : S.Suresh kumar, Vetri Vel posts as Group-B Gazetted. Asst. Secy : Elangovan, Karni Prabhakar, Karthikeyan

Voice of Rail Engineers Page –5 Nov-Dec, 2014 th 49 CGB of IRTSA (Continued from page 1) IRTSA wished that the dream of recognition for IRTSA i) Sri.Sudipta Roy, Sri.Ranveer Singh and becomes a reality during the Golden Jubilee year (2015) of Sri.Sunil Prasad briefed about non-availability of 15% or IRTSA. He said that 7th CPC should recommend rightful 7.5% of Incentive or PCO allowance to CMT Engineers pay scales to Technical Supervisors / Supervising even though they were doing the inspectorial work along Engineers which was denied by 5th & 6th CPC. He with Technical Supervisors. explained about his three meetings with Secretary 7th CPC. ii) They also referred to non availability of 30% Even though New Pension Scheme (NPS) has to be LDCE selection process for Group „B‟ promotion to the CMT scraped and all the employees who are appointed after Engineers, which resulted in heavy stagnation in CMT 1.1.2004 have to be brought under old pension system, it is organization. doubtful that Pay Commission / Government would scrap iii) Er.Bipul Biswas of CLW explained about the NPS, hence 7th Pay Commission and Government denial of financial upgradation under MACPS for Design & should sincerely attempt to rectify pitfalls of NPS. He Drawing office Engineers who were recruited as Tracers, advised all Zonal Secretaries of IRTSA to conduct Junior Draftsmen and SE. exclusive awareness meetings on NPS. He also requested iv) Er.Harchandan Singh General Secretary the Ministry of Railways to continue with the Staff Council IRTSA explained in detail about the action taken by IRTSA Representative System in all its Production Units. He urged for better pay scale, career progression, Allowances, all the Zones of IRTSA to contribute to “Clean Railways working condition etc for Technical Supervisors / Campaign” and to come up with innovative suggestions for Supervising Engineers at various levels including Zonal improving efficiency, Safety & earnings of Railways. Railways, Railway Ministry, Government, Pay Commissions etc. as well as with the Recognised Federations. v) He said that IRTSA is highlighting the issues through Memorandums, personal Representations, Hunger Fast, Demonstration, Seminars, Meetings, etc or legal action on all the issues raised in the Seminar or in various CGB Meetings over the years. vi) Er.V.P.Abdul Salam Zonal Secretary S.Rly called everyone to strengthen the platform of IRTSA which was strongly laid by the predecessors. General Secretary‟s Report:- vii) Er.M.Shanmugam Central President IRTSA Er.Harchandan Singh General Secretary IRTSA explained about exhaustive memorandum submitted by th th presented his annual report to the General Body. IRTSA to 7 CPC in time and his meeting with Secretary 7 Er.K.V.Ramesh, Sr.JGS assisted him in the presentation of Pay Commission three times since its formation. He said his exhaustive Report. that he held discussion with Secretary Pay Commission on a) The report covered various important issues like Principle of Pay determination, Pitfalls of MACPS, Nation‟s economic situation, inflation, downsizing & Replacement Pay scales for Technical Supervisors / privatization on Railways, details of exhaustive Supervising Engineers and implication of National Pension memorandum submitted by IRTSA to the 7th CPC, need for Scheme. He also explained about the issues of National improving Railway fare structure, non-filling of vacancies in Pension scheme. safety categories of Railways, ill impacts of decision of 2. CGB Meeting & Annual Conference allowing FDI on Railways. i) Flag Hoisting:- On 11th November 2014 Er. b) General Secretary highlighted the vital role of M.Shaunmugam Central President IRTSA hoisted the Flag Technical Supervisors / Supervising Engineers which are of IRTSA along with Er. Harchandan Singh GS/IRTSA and being ignored continuously by the Railways & last two Pay Er. K.V. Surendranathan, Wkg President/IRTSA. The Commissions, adverse working conditions in Railways, Delegates & Office bearers of IRTSA were present in large actions being taken by IRTSA in pursuance of various number and raised the slogans on IRTSA Zindabad and demands of the category at various levels – including legal Rail Engineers unity Zindabad. remedies being sought by the Association especially for ii) Inaugural Session:- Er.Kalyan Banerjee, higher Grade Pay to JEs & SSEs and Group „B‟ gazetted Working President CEC & Er.Sugata Dutta Zonal Secretary status to SSE/CDMS/CMS/Sr.Er(IT). CLW welcomed the delegates from all over Indian c) General Secretary referred to the interactions / Railways. meetings with Railway Board, Federations and Zonal levels etc. for pursuance of demands. The report also appealed to the members for unity among Technical Supervisors / Supervising Engineers, intensive membership drive, contribution for struggle & legal fund and celebration of “GOLDEN JUBILEE YEAR OF IRTSA” in a befitting fashion. He thanked CLW Zone for the grand arrangements made for the conference. d) GS also explained the Tasks and challenges before the Category and called upon the Rail Engineers to unite and join the struggle by IRTSA effectively for their own betterment.

iii) Inaugural address by Central President: In e) Er KV Ramesh, Er Ashoke & Er Darshan Lal read out the Highlights of the Demands raised by IRTSA his inaugural address Er.M.Shanmugam Central President …… Continued on page - 6 Voice of Rail Engineers Page –6 Nov-Dec, 2014 49th CGB of IRTSA (Continued from page 5) Demands for Recognition of IRTSA, Higher Pay scales, before the Seventh CPC and the Achievements of IRTSA Grade Pay, increment, career progression & promotional in last 49 years. – (For full text of General Secretary’s avenues, Incentive & Special Pay, MAPC Scheme, Report please visit the website www.irtsa.net ) Allowances & merger of DA, Working conditions, Pension b) Discussion on GS Report: Er. B.D. Mishra, & retirement benefits, welfare, general amenities and other Er. Darshan Lal, Er. P.K.Shukla Er. K. Gobinath, Er.E. miscellaneous demands were presented before CGB. Ramesh and others deliberated on General Secretary‟s Er.E.Ramesh, Er.Balramamurthy, Er.B.Prasad, report. Er.Nirmal Chandran, Er.Y.R.S.Banerjee, Er.Thirumaran, c) Reply by GS: While replying to the points raised Er.Zaheer Hussain and others participated in the by the Members, General Secretary explained about the deliberations held on resolutions of demands. Resolutions far-reaching and in-depth memorandum submitted by on Demands were passed by the CGB after adopting IRTSA to the 7th CPC within the stipulated time and active suggestions and modifications suggested by members. discussion held with Federations & JCM leaders on the Separate resolution for continuance of Staff demands made before 7th CPC. He also impressed on the Council System in Production Units was also moved and importance of both the recognised federations in Indian unanimously passed by the CGB. Railways and advised all Zones, Sub-units etc, to maintain – (For final text of Resolutions of demands - please cordial relation with both the Federations and the working visit the Website www.irtsa.net) class as a whole as the administration had failed to treat the Technical Supervisors as a part of the management and to recognise IRTSA. d). Statement of Accounts of IRTSA:- Er.O.N.Purohit Central Treasure IRTSA placed the Accounts statement of CEC IRTSA before the CGB. g. Resolutions on line of action:- The CGB adopted following line of actions which was adopted by CEC earlier, i.Line of action for Getting the demands conceded: CGB IRTSA noted that non-acceptance of the genuine demands of the Category was causing much frustration amongst the category as the same were quite genuine and non-acceptance thereof, is working as an e) Statement of Accounts of VRE: impediments in effective discharge of the duties, posing a Er.K.V.Ramesh Manager VRE placed the statement of threat to the safety and efficiency on the Railways. The account of “Voice of Rail Engineers” (VRE) before the CGB therefore, appealed to the Government and the house. Railway Administration to accept the same early. f) Approval & adoption of GS Report & CGB advised the CEC IRTSA to pursue the Statement of Accounts:General Secretary‟s report, Demands at all levels and authorized the President & statements of accounts of IRTSA and “Voice of Rail General Secretary IRTSA to decide the line of action and Engineers” were passed by CGB unanimously after issue directives thereon to all Units of IRTSA, for early discussion. realization of the outstanding Demands. 4. Zonal Secretaries‟ Report:- Second session ii. Court Cases: a) CGB authorized the President on placement of Zonal Secretaries report was chaired by IRTSA Shri.M.Shanmugam, General Secretary IRTSA Er.K.V.Surendranathan Working President IRTSA. Shri.Harchandan Singh and Senior JGS IRTSA Er.Sugata Dutta of CLW, Er.B.Inbanathan of ICF, Shri.K.V.Ramesh to take requisite steps to pursue the two Er.R.Jayakumar of RWF, Er.P.K.Shukla of N.Rly, pending Court Cases filed by IRTSA (Reg. Grade Pay & Er.V.P.Abdul Salam for S.Rly & SC.Rly, Er.Goutham Group B) in CAT Chennai and CAT Chandigarh, Mukeerjee for E.Rly & SE.Rly, Er.M.K.Bhatnagar for RCF b) CGB IRTSA also authorized them to file & DMW, Er.V.Amarnath for SWR, Er.R.B.Singh for WR & appropriate Appeals and Affidavits etc. in CAT, High Court CR, Er.O.N.Purohit of NW.Rly, Er.Manish Kumar and Supreme Court as required as per legal advice in Srivastava of DLW presented their reports before the CGB. respect of above said matters. Er.M.T.Sujith Kumar of S.Rly explained the difficulties iii. Seventh Pay Commission: CGB appreciated faced by Southern Railway under the single union the efforts of the President and General Secretary IRTSA recognition. Er.K.Gobinath Sr.Org.Secy made a report on and other CEC Members who helped them in preparing his activities and tour to other zones. and submitting the exhaustive Memoranda to the Seventh Pay Commission. CGB authorized the President & General Secretary IRTSA to take steps to effectively pursue the Charter of Demands placed before the 7th CPC and to constitute a Sub-Committee to appear before the Pay Commission for effective Oral Evidence before it. iv. Urgent need for funds for Court Cases and 5. Resolutions of Demands:- th for the struggle as a whole: CGB noted that there was an On 12 Nov, resolutions of demands were urgent need to intensify efforts to raise funds more presented to the CGB by General Secretary assisted by vigorously, in order to meet with challenges ahead and Er.K.V.Ramesh, Er. M.K.Bhatnagar, Er.V.P.Abdul Salam …… Continued on page - 7 and Er.R.B.Singh.

Voice of Rail Engineers Page –7 Nov-Dec, 2014 49th CGB of IRTSA (Continued from page 6) and Er.Ashoke Chowdhury - conducted the election. high financial requirement for the court cases which may Er.M.Shanmugam, Er.Harchandan Singh and have to be taken up to the Supreme Court level – Er.O.N.purohit were unanimously elected as Central especially in respect of the Group B Case. President, General Secretary and Central Treasurer Appeal to Members: CGB appealed to all Rail respectively along with other office bearers. - For complete Engineers to immediate pay Struggle-cum-Legal Fund @ list of office bearers please visit www.irtsa.net Rs.1000 per head by 31st December. 2014, if not paid in 10. CEC MEETING OF IRTSA:- Meeting of CEC th 2013 - 14. IRTSA was held on 12 Nov from 8.00 AM to 10.00 AM. v. Membership Drive: CEC directed all Zones / CEC adopted Line of action for getting the demands th Units & Sub units of IRTSA to complete collection of conceded, pursuance of Court Cases, representation to 7 Membership @ Rs.300 PA before 31st December, 2014 for CPC, membership drive & collection of struggle & legal the current year and before 31st March, 2015 for the year fund, Golden Jubilee celebrations of IRTSA and other 2015. issues. General Secretary urged all the Zones & sub-units vi. Central Quota: All Units & Sub-Units should to properly close their annual accounts after appropriate send the Central Quota of Membership and Struggle-cum- audit. Legal Fund to the Central Treasurer latest by 15th January 11. Seminar on Safety on Indian Railways :- On th for the year 2014 and before 30th April, 2015 for the year 11 evening a purposeful seminar on “Safety in 2015. Workshops, Production Units & Open Line of Indian vii. Proper maintenance & Audit of Accounts: Railways” was held at Rabindra Manch, CLW, CGB directed all Units and Sub-Units to ensure Proper Chittaranjan. Sri Ashok Kumar, CEE/P&I and Sri R. P. maintenance & Audit of Accounts at all levels. GS should Mishra, CEE/TM jointly inaugurated the seminar by lighting issue guidelines for it. the lamp. CEE/P&I also gave the inaugural address. Sri A. viii. GOLDEN JUBILEE YEAR OF IRTSA: CGB K. Mondal, CME/SF, other officers, union and association resolved to observe the year 2014-2015 as the Golden members, IRTSA delegates from various Railways and Jubilee year IRTSA (starting from 27th November, 2014 to members of CLW Zone attended the seminar. 27th November, 2015) celebrating the formation of IRTSA Er.M.Shanmugam Central President IRTSA as a SOLIDARITY YEAR - to strengthen the organization explained the suggestions given by IRTSA for improving all over India and to commemorate historic event in an safety & performance of Railways. Power Point appropriate and befitting manner. Presentation of Personal Protective Equipments and their proper usage were made. CME/SF/CLW made an excellent presentation on “Safety on Indian Railways”. He also delivered the concluding address of the seminar. Er.Kalyan Banerjee, Working President CEC IRTSA was felicitated by CEC IRTSA for his incredible contribution in the activities of IRTSA. At the end enjoyable orchestra was performed. 12. Concluding Session:- Newly elected CEC IRTSA met during the concluding session on 12th Nov

ix. Golden Jubilee Celebrations & Next Annual afternoon. Er. M.Shanmugam, Central President IRTSA Conference: CGB resolved that the next Meeting of CGB who is also President for ICF Zone welcomed all to the and Annual Conference of IRTSA be held at Chennai Golden Jubilee CGB to be hosted by ICF Zone at Chennai. hosted by ICF Zone in conjunction with the Golden Jubilee Er.Kalyan Banerjee on behalf of CLW Zone and Celebrations on 27th to 29th November, 2015. Er.Harchandan Singh General Secretary IRTSA on behalf 9. Election to CEC:- Election for new CEC of CEC IRTSA thanked everyone for making the IRTSA was held before the concluding session. Er. Kalyan conference memorable. Meeting concluded after a vote of Banerjee, Working President CEC IRTSA acted as Election thanks to the Chair and the Retreat of the IRTSA flag & handing over to next hosts at ICF. Officer along with Er.K.V.Ramesh, Er.M.S.V.R.Pandian

CEC IRTSA at the conclusion of 49th Annual Conference at Chittaranjan Units! Send Central Quota & Struggle Fund through Bank Draft in favour of “IRTSA” to: Central Treasurer IRTSA, Er O. N. Purohit, 106, Suraj Nagar, Jodhpur-342008 (Ph: 09828024476 & 02912713123)

Voice of Rail Engineers Page –8 Nov-Dec, 2014 CLARIFICATIONS SOUGHT BY CHAIRMAN ii. This had been done merely to accommodate a new & MEMBERS OF 7TH CPC DURING & AFTER scale in Gazd scale (Rs.7500-12000) above S-13. PRESENTATION BY IRTSA IN THE iii. SSE scale had been kept Rs.50 below than Rs.7500, th ie.Rs.7450. MEETING WITH 7 cpc 7. Ques. How the disadvantage of non-application 3.25 During the presentation Chairman, Secretary & the th th multiplication factor carried through to 6 CPC? Members of 7 CPC had inter-acted with IRTSA delegates th and sought clarifications on various points. Ans. i. Initially 5 CPC recommended Rs.7000-11500 to SSE compressing it the newly introduced Gazetted scale. Presentation made through 46 slides was well received th by 7th CPC. Here we reproduce it almost in same manner ii. If 3.25 multiplication factor had been followed by 5 CPC, the scale might have been placed in 8000-12000 as it happened. There may be some minor deviation in the th th language, but spirit of discussion has been effectively during 5 CPC and correspondingly Rs.5400 GP in 6 maintained. Presentation and interaction which lasted CPC. th about an hour was very friendly and Hon’ble 7th CPC iii. After the implementation of 5 CPC recommendations, heard IRTSA with positive mind and rapt attention. based on demand from staff side when Govt. decided to 1. Ques. (by Chairman 7th CPC ) You said that Senior modify the scale of SSE (S-13) instead of placing it in scale Technicians are taking instructions from JEs, likewise 8000-12000, it had been decided to modify minimum of the Ch.OS from SSE and you also told that it is Office of scale from Rs.7000 to Rs.7450 to keep it below newly Senior Section Engineer which controls all activities created scale of Rs.7500-12000. and all of them working within that – It appears that iv. Since corresponding increase of Rs.450 had not been there is clear command line available, How it interferes done for maximum of scale, Span of the scale has been in your Grade Pay? reduced to 18 years which was 20 years for all other Ans. i. Principle recommended by 6th CPC, which was scales. th also accepted by Govt, that, the senior post should be v. The principle of 6 CPC to calculate the Grade Pay as given with Higher Grade Pay need to be followed duly 40% of maximum of the fifth pay commission scales put considering duties, responsibilities, accountabilities, etc. SSE scale in further disadvantageous position since ii. 5th CPC recommendations & Supreme Court Judgement maximum of scale was low because of 18 years span & supports this argument. non application of 3.25 multiplication factor. iii. Take an example: A senior technician welder working in 8. Ques. You said that there were proposals sent to Bogie Frame manufacturing section is responsible to the Fin. Ministry from Railway Ministry to upgrade the extent of welding done by him, where as a Technical Grade Pay of SSE from Rs.4600 to Rs.4800 and that Supervisor is responsible for the quality & quantity of have been returned back without throwing proper light output of not only that of welder but for entire section into it, can you produce copy of the proposals? which may contain 20 to 30 Technicians besides others. The proposals and communications between both the iv. More than that man, material, machine, other Ministries were very well available with Railway Board. infrastructure etc, are controlled by Technical Supervisors, (Later Secretary Pay Commission confirmed availability of which possess higher responsibility & accountability than Railway Board proposals sent to Fin. Ministry) other posts. 9. Ques. Is there any link available between the cadre v. Similar is the case of certification of train, P.Way, Bridge, of Group „C‟ and „B‟? Power Distribution, Locos, etc. Ans. No. Promotional avenue from Technical Supervisors vi. Categories like Ch.OS don‟t have direct responsibility on in Group „C‟ to Group „B‟ is restricted to the vacancies performance & safety of Railways, whereas JE/SSE and arising from 4200 Group „B‟ posts, which may be around their counterparts (CMT, Store) in all Technical Depts. bear 0.5%. direct responsibility in core activities of Railways. 10. Ques. As you said, Previous Pay Commissions 2. Ques. Is all 4 tier of Technicians work under your recommended Group „B‟ status to your scale DoPT category in all areas? also given their orders, it is only Rly Ministry not Ans. Yes. In all areas 4 tier of Technicians, along with one followed the classification, is it not Railways to take Group „D‟ category besides clerk, material / stores clerk, decision? OS, Ch.OS work under our category. Ans. i. It is true that Railways have not implemented the 3. Ques. Who writes ACRs for Ch.OS who are working classification of posts recommended by Pay Commissions in office of SSE? & DoPT orders. Ans. Respective AMWs/AEs/AEEs etc. ii. We bring to your notice, submission made by DoPT th 4. Ques. Why can‟t SSE write ACRs for Ch.OS who are before 5 CPC that even though there were some working in their office? exemptions in following the classification rules, but the Ans. SSEs who are in the same GP of Rs.4600 cannot effort was to ensure that posts carrying similar functions write the ACRs for Ch.OS. were given the same classification. 5. Ques. Who writes ACRs of Senior Technicians who iii. Similarly placed posts in departments like CPWD, work under JEs? Ordinance Factory, MES, Department of Telecom etc, are Ans. Senior Technicians‟ ACR are written by SSEs even all classified as Group „B‟ Gazetted. though Senior Technicians work under JEs. iv. State Governments which are following central pay 6. Ques. What would be the reason for non application commission pattern have also followed DoPT orders in of common multiplication factor of 3.25 to SSE (S-13) classification of posts. scale by 5th CPC? v. Railway Board also agreed on the need to increase the Ans. i. 5th CPC had applied common multiplication factor of managerial posts (from the pool of senior supervisor) on 3.25 to all scales except to SSE (S-13) scale. functional justification, but didn‟t implement. …….Continued in page - 9

Voice of Rail Engineers Page –9 Nov-Dec, 2014 th Clarifications sought by 7 CPC from IRTSA REPORT OF THE GENERAL Continued from page - 8 SECRETARY, IRTSA – FOR 2013-14 th vi. Hon‟ble 7 CPC is requested to give specific instruction PRESENTED TO CGB & 49th ALL INDIA for Railways not to deviate from classification rules recommended for all Government Departments. ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF IRTSA 11. Ques. What are all the reasons for lack of HELD AT CLW, CHITTARANJAN, ON promotion to your category? 11th & 12th NOVEMBER, 2014 Ans .i. Recruitment happens in the apex scale of Group Dear President & Brother Engineers, „C‟ in the Grade Pay of Rs.4600 with Graduate in PREAMBLE Engineering qualification and Railways is the only dept 0.1 I heartily welcome you all to this meeting of which recruit Engineering Graduates in Group „C‟. Central General Body & 49th Annual Conference of ii. Available Group „B‟ posts are very meagre to the extent IRTSA, being held at Chittaranjan Locomotive Works of 4200 only. (CLW) – which is the first production unit of Indian iii. For example in Mechanical department of Integral Railways and one of the strongest Zones of IRTSA. It is Coach Factory sanctioned cadre strength of Group „B‟ is worth noting that CLW has changed over to the modern only 16. Cadre strength of Technical Supervisors including day requirement of the Railways over the years. Starting in Design in Mechanical Department (JE & SSE) is 1950 as Steam Loco manufacturing Unit, CLW has 1200.There are roughly 60 Engineering Graduate entrants transformed into Asia’s largest state-of-art 3 phase AC available many of them completed 20 years of service. Loco manufacturer. There is not enough opportunity available because of 0.2 During the last 49 years, IRTSA has grown from meagre Group „B‟. strength to strength and made multiple achievements for iv. Confining Cadre Restructure within each Group. the betterment of the Cadre besides promoting greater v. Combined cadre structure for Group „A‟, „B‟ & „C‟ is not interaction, better industrial relations and improved available in Railways. efficiency - projecting greater awareness at various levels vi. Apex scale of SSE never received the benefit of CRC. about the significant role of the Railway Engineers. vii. Upgradation from Group „D‟ to Group „C‟ and Group „B‟ 0.3 CGB last met on 14th & 15th of November, 2013 to Group „A‟ is being done in Railways, but no upgradation at Tiruchirapalli, Southern Railway. During this period done from Group „C‟ to Group „B‟. IRTSA had submitted an exhaustive Memorandum to 7th viii. Ratio of Group A & B Gazetted officers vis-à-vis Group Pay Commission on Principle for Pay determination, C are the lowest on the Railways as compared to all other proposed pay scales at various levels including those at Departments. Minimum, Intermediate & Maximum levels and for the ix. During previous 8 years number of Group-B employees Technical Supervisors of Railways with full justification in Central Govt Departments have increased by 36% even thereof, Avenue of Promotions & Career Planning, though employee strength reduced by 25%, But Railways Working Conditions, Bonus/Incentive, Allowances, never increased Group „B‟ posts. Pensionery Benefits, Financial implications of x. Gazetted posts were not increased in tune with increase implementations of Pay Commission and other related of Railways performance including financial performance. issues. Railways outlay was increased from Rs.60,600 crores 0.4 CEC of IRTSA met during the Annual th th during 10 plan to Rs.5.5 lakh crore during 12 plan Conference at Trichy and also on 06.06.2014 at Railways. Many of increased activities / work load are Chandigarh, which was very well attended by the CEC being managed by outsourcing, since there is negative Members and the demands raised in the memorandum growth in staff strength. submitted by IRTSA to 7th CPC were thoroughly discussed TH and approved. IRTSA SWR ZONE CELEBRATES 49 0.6 I, now place before this august house of Central FOUNDATION DAY AT MYSORE General Body IRTSA, my report as the General Secretary of the Association, as per clause 8(c) V of the Constitution of IRTSA. 1. ON NATIONAL FRONT 1.1 Nation‟s Economic Situation: National economy has been sliding down in recent years and at present faces various problems and challenges. 2013-14 has seen a slowdown in the rate of economic growth to 4- 5%. Real GDP per capita growth is even lower. This is a cause for concern as India needs a high growth to improve living standards, lower unemployment and encouraging investment. India has fallen behind China, which is a 49th Foundation Day of IRTSA was observed at comparable developing economy. We as a responsible Mysore unit of SWR Zone. Er.Manjegowda President organization need to be conscious about these Mysore unit presided over the function. Er.K.L.Vinod developments while spearheading our struggle for the Kumar Zonal Secretary SWR welcomed all Technical welfare of Engineers on the Railways. Supervisors / Rail Engineers and briefly explained about 1.2 Inflation:- Fuelled by rising property and food activities of IRTSA. Er.A.Ramakrishnan, Er.K.K.Pavithran, prices, inflation in India is an increasing problem. Inflation Er.K.Kanakaraju, and Er.P.D.Somashekara spoke on the is currently between 8-10%. This inflation has been a occasion and pressed for the unity among Technical problem despite periods of economic slowdown. In late Supervisors / Rail Engineers under the umbrella of IRTSA. ….. GS Report continued on page -10

Voice of Rail Engineers Page –10 Nov-Dec, 2014 GS IRTSA Report (Continued from page -9) proposed recently by the above said Committee - 2013, Indian inflation reached 11%, despite growth falling considering its Terms of Reference. This will affect both to 4.8%. This suggests that inflation is not just due to the Management and Structure of the Railway Board (and excess demand, but is also related to other inflationary possibly at Zonal levels as well). IRTSA keep abreast with factors which need to be checked effectively as the the developments in this regard and react to the same as inflation is a major factor in reducing living standards of the required from time to time. Meanwhile, Members may poor and the middle class. express their views on the specific Terms of reference 1.3 Down sizing & privatization:- Of late, a cited above. lot of pressure is being built up on the Government by the 2.1.4 Vacancies in Safety Categories:- Safety Private & Corporate Sectors as well as by the record of Indian Railways is comparable with any world Multinationals (MNCs) for downsizing or privatization of Railways. But, in the vital safety categories of Technical public sector. Indian Railways which has so far been able Supervisors (JE/SSE), Technicians, Drivers, Station to resist this onslaught also seems to be slowly drifting Masters, as well as the Gangmen and Gatemen, etc. towards the same and may soon be caught up in the web nearly 19% of posts are alarmingly kept vacant, making – unless effective resistance builds up from the working the safety more vulnerable. This is not only impairing class as a whole. Safety but also adding to the burden of Technical 1.4 Setting up of 7th Pay Commission and Supervisors who primarily responsible for getting the work IRTSA‟s Memorandum:- When Government notified executed from the entire lot. High level Safety Review setting up of 7th Central Pay Commission on 3rd March Committee under Sri. Anil Kakodkar in Feb 2012 had 2014, IRTSA swung into action to reply its Questionnaire observed that there is severe shortage of manpower in within a week and then submitted an exhaustive safety categories such as supervisors and technicians memorandum on 26th May 2014, before the deadline of under various departments. Till date large number of 31st May 2014 fixed initially by 7th Pay Commission, vacancies are still not filled up. which was later on extended to 31st July 2014 on the 2.2 Decisions on FDI:- Foreign Direct demand made by many Unions and Associations. Investment (FDI) is proposed to be allowed in 1.4.2 IRTSA has demanded that, the infrastructure development of Indian Railways. Ministry of Government should be a model employer in determining Railways contends that FDI will provide a permissible the pay scales and allowances through job evaluation - framework to foreign investors who are keen on making duly considering all related Factors - including the relative investment in rail sector. All Trade Unions including Job requirements/Difficulties, Qualifications, Training, IRTSA, are opposing the decision of Government on Working Conditions, Duties, Responsibilities and permitting FDI in Railways. Accountabilities etc. of various categories, to enhance the 2.3 Decisions on staff matters, during the year:- No major decision on staff matter had been taken efficiency, productivity and economy of the country. IRTSA th has also demanded for Interim Relief and Merger of 100% during the year except that of constituting 7 Pay DA etc. (Highlights of demands placed by IRTSA before Commission by the Government. Many anomalies of Sixth the 7th CPC, is attached as Annexure I of this Report) CPC – including those of MACP scheme particularly reg. 2. AS RAILWAY MEN grant of financial upgradation on promotional hierarchy 2.1.1 Rail Network:- Indian Railways is a multi- instead of grade pay hierarchy as directed by Supreme gauge & multi-traction system covering around 65,500 Court of India and inclusion of training period for the route km and 1,17,000 track km. As a national common purpose of Financial upgradation are not addressed by man carrier Indian Railways provide cheap and affordable Railways & DoPT. means of transportation for millions. As a carrier of bulk 2.4. Bonus - unrealistic payment ceiling:- The freight viz. ores and minerals, iron and steel, cement, Pay limit of PLB (Rs.3500) has made Productivity Linked mineral oils, food grains and fertilizers, containerized Bonus totally unattractive and meaningless. Instead of cargo etc., the importance of Indian Railways for linking it with the performance, PLB has turned into ex- agriculture, industry and the nation is well recognized. gratia payment. Even the hike equivalent to the inflation Indian Railways carried 23.07 million passengers and 2.77 was not given in the bonus. Existing formula for calculation million tonnes of freight each day during 2012-13. should be made realistic particularly for the performing 2.1.2 Fare & Freight Structure:- Indian trains are departments like Railways. among the world's cheapest. A ticket on an overnight 3. AS RAIL ENGINEERS sleeper train running the roughly 1,400 kilometres between 3.1.1 Role of Rail Engineers / Technical New Delhi and Kolkata, can cost around 520 rupees. Supervisors undermined on Railways:- Indian Railways Faced with an acute cash crunch, the Indian deploy Engineers in all the major fields - including civil, Railways decided to hike passenger fares by 14.2% mechanical, electrical, signal & telecommunication, and freight rates by 6.5% from 25th June. Currently, information technology and designing etc. with great Railways are facing severe financial crunch responsibilities imposed on them. But it is unable to with passenger subsidy touching Rs. 26,000 crore. Indian provide a respectable pay package to its technocrats - Railways roughly need Rs. 4.5 lakh crore to complete its including the Junior Engineers, Senior Section Engineers, 600 ongoing projects. their counterparts in CMT, Stores & IT and even to the 2.1.3 Committee for mobilization of higher management Engineers. resources: Government has formed a Committee for 3.1.2 Engineers‟ responsibility and accountability mobilisation of resources for major railway projects and levels are important factors that are required to be restructuring of Railway Ministry and Railway Board. considered to determine the salary, but the last three Pay Terms of Reference of the Committee are very vast and as Commissions equated the pay scales of the Technocrats such major changes are likely to be considered and ….. GS Report continued on page -11

Voice of Rail Engineers Page –11 Nov-Dec, 2014 GS IRTSA Report (Continued from page -10) Court Cases for grant of higher Grade Pay to JE & SSE in with non-technocrats thus creating a lot of discontentment CAT Chennai and Grant of Group „B‟ Gazetted status to among the Technical Supervisors of Railways. SSE, CMS, CDMS & Sr.Engineer(IT) in CAT Chandigarh. 3.1.3 Training & Qualifications ignored: 3.3.1 Court Case Reg: Group „B‟ Gazetted Railways Engineers have to undergo mandatory training status:- IRTSA has filed a case vide OA No 211/PB/2014 and selections during induction, for promotion and at CAT Chandigarh pleading for Group „B‟ Gazetted status refresher courses at regular intervals in many cases to SSE, CMS, CDMS & Sr.Engineer/IT. (IRTSA is besides the Recruitment qualifications of Diploma and represented by Harchandan Singh General Secretary Degree in Engineering. IRTSA, Darshan Lal Working President, K.V.Ramesh Sr.JGS and 19 individual aggrieved Engineers working in Technical Supervisors as field managers, have to th execute control in the field for safe & punctual operation of RCF). Respondents have filed their reply on 5 August trains, have to update their knowledge and skills and 2014 and Rejoinder by IRTSA has been finalized and filed acquire new ones to adapt to new technology, have to in the CAT on 10-11-2014. Hearing of the Case will guide the staff working under them for induction of new hopefully start soon. technologies. But all these have been overlooked and IRTSA‟s plea is based on the recommendations of ignored by the last 3 Pay Commissions. various Pay Commissions, Government‟s acceptance and 3.1.4 Technocrats are experts in the field of implementation of the same thereafter – citing the example application of knowledge and skills. They plan the work of similarly placed posts with similar functionalities in other and then put the plan to work – as per demands of Government departments are classified as Group-B operation. They focus on achieving the targets while (Gazetted). effectively ensuring the quality with optimum utilisation of IRTSA has also cited related documents wherein resources. Productivity & Safety on the Railways depend Railway Board in their internal notings (received under RTI largely on the performance of Technical Supervisors and by IRTSA) had agreed that there is an urgent need to the technological advancements adopted by the Engineers increase the number of managerial posts for on the Railways. Administrative, functional & operational requirements of 3.1.5 Adverse Working Conditions: Technical Railways. Percentage of Gazetted cadre is the least in Supervisors / Supervising Engineers on Railways have to Railways among all Central Government departments work in adverse working conditions, have to face which need to be improved drastically since Railways is a challenging weather conditions, long Roster hours of work multi-disciplinary operation system to ensure safe, which are normally overshot - without any overtime effective and efficient train operations. allowance; Work Hazards that are inherent in the system 3.3.2 Court Case Reg: Grade Pay of JE/SSE:- and continuous. But significance and sensitiveness of the Another case has been filed in Chennai Bench of CAT work-content of their responsibility and accountability in (Central Administrative Tribunal), on 29.4.2013, vide the system were very much undermined especially by the Original Application (OA) No 706/2013, IRTSA & another - previous two Pay Commissions. Vs- Union of India & Others. IRTSA is represented by 3.2. Seventh Central Pay Commission: K.V.Ramesh, Sr.JGS (as authorized by Central President a) IRTSA has submitted an exhaustive & GS IRTSA) and one aggrieved employee M.T.Sujit Memorandum to the Seventh Pay Commission – Kumar of Southern Railway, to enhance the Grade Pay of highlighting all the major issues along with detailed Junior Engineers on Railways to at least higher than those justification for the Main Demands placed before it. of the Senior Technicians working under them; and to (Highlights of main demands placed by IRTSA before the enhance the Grade Pay of Senior Section Engineers on 7th CPC, is attached as an Annexure of this Report). Railways to adequately above the Grade Pay of Junior IRTSA has also sought a personal hearing from the Engineers and the Chief Office Superintendents working Seventh Pay Commission for oral evidence on the under them, with all the consequential benefits of arrears demands placed before the Pay Commission. of pay and allowances with interest @ 18% per annum b) Two Supplementary Memorandums, prepared from the date the amount became due to the actual date of by IRTSA (Reg. Grade Pay and Avenues of payment. Promotion/Classification of Posts of Technical 3.4 Main issues unresolved:- Main demands of Supervisors) were also submitted to Seventh Pay IRTSA are attached at the end of this compendium as an Commission en-mass by the Technical Supervisors of ICF annexure. These issues remain unaddressed despite the and Southern Railway as well as some other Units – to genuineness thereof. Some of the heartburning issues highlight the growing frustration of the Cadre over the which have to be addressed on top priority areas under: issues. i. Grant of Grade Pay of Rs.4800 and Rs.5400 to the c) We earnestly hope that 7th CPC will do justice Technical Supervisors. with Technical Supervisors by accepting the demands ii. Grant of Group-B status to SSE/CDMS/CMS/Sr.Er(IT). placed before it by IRTSA and will remove the anomalies iii. Combined Cadre Restructuring of Group A, B and C on and disparities caused by Fifth and Sixth Pay the Railways. Commissions. For this it will require to formulate a wage iv. Time Bound Promotions & Career planning of Technical structure based on direct relation with job requirements, Supervisors duties, responsibility & accountability shouldered by the v. Removal of extreme stagnation among Graduate category and recommend justifiable and exclusive pay Engineers in the entry grade itself. scales for the Technocrats of Railways. vi. Pre-revised scale of Rs.7450-11500 to erstwhile CMA-I 3.3 Legal action for pursuance of main demands: After - having element of DR of Engineering Graduates as getting a negative response repeatedly from the Railway recommended by 6th CPC and as per judgment of CAT Board to our numerous representations, IRTSA had filed Calcutta. ….. GS Report continued on page -12

Voice of Rail Engineers Page –12 Nov-Dec, 2014 GS IRTSA Report (Continued from page -11) year 2013, and “Voice of Rail Engineers” shall be vii. Grant of financial up-gradation under MACPS on presented to the House by the Central Treasurer & promotional hierarchy - (instead of Grade Pay hierarchy) – Manager “Voice of Rail Engineers” after this Report. as per judgment of various Courts including the Supreme 4.4 Achievements & Challenges before us: Court. There are many achievements to the credit of IRTSA over viii. Counting of training period for financial upgradation the last 49 years, for the betterment of Rail Engineers – under MACPS. (some of which are enlisted in Annexure 2 of this Report). 3.5 Memorandums submitted during the Still there are many demands of Technical Supervisors year:- Number of Memorandums were submitted to the pending at various levels without being redressed – in Railway Board, DOP, & others for redressal of various spite of repeated representations at all levels, particularly demands and problems of the Rail Engineers. Copies of the issue of grant of higher Grade Pay and Group-B the Memorandums were placed on the Website Gazetted status to senior supervisors besides Career www.irtsa.net. Planning and many more. All these demands are enlisted 3.6 Interaction with Federations on 7th herewith as an Annexure of this Report. CPC:- General Secretary IRTSA & Central President 4.5 Publication of Journal “Voice of Rail IRTSA held extensive discussions with Sri.M.Raghaviah Engineers”:- The bi-monthly magazine of IRTSA is being GS/NFIR & President Staff Side JCM and Sri.Shiv Gopal published from Chennai, M.Shanmugam as its printer & Mishra GS/AIRF & Secretary Staff Side JCM on the publisher and General Secretary/IRTSA as its Editor-in- demands placed before 7th Pay Commission. Principle of Chief. K.V.Ramesh, assisted by his team members Pay determination, upgradation of certain categories, Er.A.GaneshBabu, Er.R.Ravi of ICF and others are doing upgraded pay scales for Technical Supervisors / good job in discharging their responsibilities for the past Supervising Engineers, upgraded pay scales for Group-D ten years. I also specifically thank Er.V.P.Abdul Salam, staff & Technicians working in various departments, DA & Zonal Secretary, S.Rly and his team for dispatching them other allowances, avenue of promotions, career planning, to many parts of the Country quickly and economically. At working conditions, anomalies in MACPS, principle of the same time, I request the Central General Body to take determination of pension, scraping of New Pension necessary steps to increase the circulation of “Voice of scheme etc. were discussed well in depth with both the Rail Engineers”. General secretaries. K.V.Ramesh Senior JGS IRTSA also 4.6 Website www.irtsa.net:- The multifarious coordinated the discussions through personal contact and website of IRTSA, www.irtsa.net has become so popular by email. Both the General Secretaries were receptive to that it had been visited by nearly 21 lakh visitors since its our views and many of the suggestions proposed by inception in January 2008. It is highly acclaimed by the IRTSA were accepted and included in the memorandums visitors for its prompt updating, visitor friendly features and submitted to 7th CPC by them. accessibility to an ocean of vast information & knowledge. 3.7 Need for Recognition of IRTSA:- Every Queries by visitors are dealt with through the Guest Book identifiable section of employees needs a forum to & Discussion Forum etc. Site is totally free. New features promote the interests and welfare of all employees are also regularly added to the Website. concerned, to enhance efficiency in the workplace. They 4.7 Instant communication & sharing of are entitled to be consulted and heard by the employer, thoughts through IRTSA Face Book:- Face Book of with a view to reaching consensus, is entitled to participate IRTSA has been effectively utilized for the communication in joint decision-making. This is primarily achieved by use with the members in no time, to get suggestions, of collective bargaining, especially to feedback, queries from member and posting of replies by negotiate wages and working conditions with employers. General Secretary and other members. Face Book has But nothing like this is available for Technical Supervisors become an effective tool even to deal with deliberate in Railways. negative comments by non-performing persons who are There is no recognized organization to represent also persuaded to join the struggle and then raise their the category of frontline Managers -Technical Supervisors queries. Number of Members IRTSA on Face Book has on the Railways although all other Departments – like doubled during this year. CPWD, MES, Defence organisation & Telecommunication 4.8 Communication & Inter-action:- (DoT) all have organizations of Supervising Engineers i.e. Continuous flow of information from central head quarter is JEs etc duly recognized in those Departments. ensured through all channels i.e. “Voice of Rail Non-Recognition of IRTSA by the Railways is the Engineers”, circulars, Emails, Facebook postings, SMS main root cause for non-redressal of the grievances of this and Phone Calls and Website www.irtsa.net – besides vital cadre - thereby causing widespread frustration personal visits by CP, GS & some other CEC Members. amongst them due to lack of any machinery for discussion GS regularly communicates with CEC Members, Zonal or redressal of their problems. It is high time to recognise Secretaries, Sub-unit Secretaries and even with the other active Members at grassroots level. IRTSA (Indian Railways Technical Supervisors th Association) by the Railways to represent and discuss the During preparation of memorandum to 7 CPC problems of Supervising Engineers / Technical supervisors there was intensive communication between office bearers on Railways – as recommended by RAIC (Railway at Chandigarh, Chennai, Chittaranjan, Kapurthalla, Accident Inquiry Committees – headed by Justice Secundrabad, Lucknow, Mumbai, Kolkata, etc. with Wanchoo, Justice Sikery & Justice Khanna) & RRC General Secretary IRTSA to finalise exhaustive (Railway Reform Committee). memorandum. But still there is scope for improvement in 4. ON ORGANISATIONAL FRONT communication and I appeal to you all to help in further 4.1 Accounts & Balance Sheet:- The balance improving same within sub-units, within zones, inter zone sheet of account for the “Central Fund of IRTSA” for the & in all zones. ….. GS Report continued on page -13

Voice of Rail Engineers Page –13 Nov-Dec, 2014 GS IRTSA Report (Continued from page -12) especially Er. Shanmugam President IRTSA Er. 4.9 Visits by CEC Members:- GS/IRTSA and Kalyan Banerjee Working President and Er Darshan Lal Er.K.V.Ramesh have toured western part, Working President for their valuable advice from time to Er.M.Shanmugam, Central President, Er.K.V.Ramesh, time. Er.V.P.Abdul Salam and other CEC members made tours 6.2 I thank Er. K. V. Ramesh Sr. JGS and Er. Ashoke Chowdhury for their valuable help in preparing the around various Zones of Railways. th They have also visited 7th Pay Commission, Memoranda to the 7 CPC and others from time to time Railway Board and Federations to discuss & pursue the and for proving necessary inputs and Data for the same. I burning issues of the category. thank Er. Sujit Kumar, Er, E. Ramesh and other Members of the Team who helped the Central President in 5. TASKS BEFORE US th 5.1 Getting the demands conceded: Getting Preparing the Supplementary Memoranda to 7 CPC and the demands conceded is the biggest challenge before us other requisite documents. – as many of them are the root cause of much frustration 6.3 I thank Er Kalyan, Er Ashoke, Er Sugato and all amongst the category due to the delay in getting them other Members of CLW Chittaranjan for making the grand conceded in spite of being genuine and are impediments arrangements for this Conference. I also thank you - all the in effective discharge of our duties, ensuring safety, Delegates who have come from all over India for attending efficiency on the Railways. this Conference in-spite of long journey. 5.2 Winning of Court Cases: Winning the two I wish the Conference all success. Thank you. Jai Hind. Long live IRTSA. Court Cases (Reg. Grade Pay & Group B) are two major th tasks before. We are working hard for the same. We may For resolutions of demands adopted by 49 have to go upto the Supreme Court – especially for the CGB and full report on 49th CGB of IRTSA Group B Case. I seek all your help and cooperation for the please visit www.irtsa.net same. 5.3 Seventh Pay Commission:- IRTSA has RCF ZONE CELEBRATES TH submitted an exhaustive memorandum to 7th Pay 49 FOUNDATION DAY OF IRTSA Commission based on the charter of demands approved COMMENDABLY th th by 48 CGB held at Trichy, Southern Railway last year. 7 49th Foundation day of IRTSA was celebrated by CPC has also started its personal hearing with various RCF Zone with zeal. Er.Darsan lal President RCF Zone unions & associations. IRTSA has also made its request presided over the function. Er.M.K.Bhatnakar Zonal th for oral evidence with 7 CPC. Secretary welcomed the gathering. Er.Baldev Raj and 5.4 Urgent need for funds for Court Cases and others spoke on the occasion. for the struggle as a whole: There is urgent need to intensify the efforts to raise funds more vigorously, in order to meet with challenges ahead and high financial requirement for the court cases which may have to be taken up to the Supreme Court level – especially in respect of the Group B Case. This will require a lot of money. 5.5 Membership Drive: It is vital to enroll each and every Rail Engineer as a Member of the Association. The sleeping areas should also be aroused to contribute more regularly to the cause, and the working units should ensure 100% enrollment of Engineers as Members - preferably in the beginning of every year as per provision of the Constitution. 5.6.Unity is strength:- Unity refers to the condition or state of being one. A rope is strong because its threads are united. We cannot break it unless the threads are separated. Nothing can be achieved without unity. Unity is necessary for the survival of all. The results of unity are many. Technical Supervisors / Supervising Engineers can enjoy a tension free work environment if united as a community. I appeal to all the Rail Engineers/Technical Supervisors to unite under the umbrella of IRTSA. 5.7 GOLDEN JUBILEE YEAR OF IRTSA: Golden Jubilee year of formation of IRTSA starts in another fortnight from now – when we complete 49 years of our struggle on 27 November 2014. I propose that there should be yearlong celebrations to strengthen the organization and to commemorate historic event of the Golden Jubilee Year of IRTSA in an appropriate and befitting manner – all over the Indian Railways. 6. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 6.1 Before I conclude my Report I would like to thank all the Members of CEC for their cooperation –

Voice of Rail Engineers Page –14 Nov-Dec, 2014 CENTRAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE - IRTSA (2014-15) Elected in the CGB Meeting of IRTSA held at Chttaranjan on 11 & 12-11-2014 S.N DESIGNATION NAME ADDRESS TELE / MOB 1. Patron Er. Siya Ram Bajpai 53,Uphar, Eldico Colony Udayan Jail Road, Lucknow-226001 09369115389 2. President Er. M.Shanmugam 4, Sixth Street, TVS Nagar, Padi, Chennai – 600050. 09443140817 3. Er. K.V.Surendranathan 1545,Nitya Flats 2nd Floor, Rama Nagar, , West Ext. 04426564747 Working Chennai-600101. President 4. Er. KalyanBanarjee St. No. 63, Qrs. No. 8A CLW, Chitaranjan- 713331, W.B. 09434735722

5. Er. DarshanLal 148-A,Type-IV,RCF Colony,Kapurthala, 144602 08437043089 6. Er. V.Munuswamy 7-55-A, Sidco Nagar, Villivakam, Channai-600049. 09003160338 7. Er.G.KrishnaRao 4-44-3, 8th Street, Hubsiguda, -500 007 09989653968 8. Sr. Vice Er. B. Inbanathan 8/72, Valmiki Street, East , Chennai-600059 09003149679 9. President Er. P.K.Shukla 37, UpharEldeco Colony, Udhyan, Jail Road, Lucknow-226001 09794830759 10. Er. Kushala Kumar 40, 13th Cross, Ashriead Green Graden layout, Shiridhi sai nagar, Munnekollala, Marathahalli -560037 11. Er. Pranab Bose St. No.-63, Qrs. No.-6B P.O.- Chittaranjan Dist. Burdwan W B 08420043191 12. Er. Subir Roy 25/32, M.M. Railway Colony, N.M. Joshi Marg , Lower Parel, 09004441468 Mumbai-400013 13. Vice President Er. Tamil Maran 109-Venkateshwar Nagar, Kolathur, Chennai-600 099 09952020851 14. Er.D.Somaraju 15, 19th B cross, 3rd stage, Yelahanka, New Town, Bangalore-560106 09449846378 15. S.K. Heera F215 Vaishali Garden, Nagarjuna Nagar, Tarnaka, Secundrabad 500017. 09701371422 16. Er. Jagatar Singh 323- E, RCF Colony, Kapurthala-144602 (Pb) 08437043338 17. Er. K. Gobinath G-3, Ruby Villa, 104-6 Cross St. Srinivas Nagar, Kolathur,Chennai-99 09003149416 18. General Er. Harchandan Singh 32, Phase -6, Mohali, Chandigarh- 160055 01722228306 Secretary e-mail - [email protected] (Ph : 09316131598) 09569631598 19. Central Treasurer Er. O.N. Purohit 106, Suraj Nagar, Jodhpur-342008. [email protected] 09828024476 20. Auditor Er. P.S. Pandey 3-W-34 KuriBhagatram Housing Board Colony, Jodhpur-342005 09001198476 21. Er. K.V. Ramesh G-3 Likith Homes, 3 - Lakshman Nagar, West Street, Peravellur, Chennai- 09003149578 Sr. Jt. Genl. 600082. [email protected], (044-26710007) 09444100842 Secretary 22. Er. Ashoke Chowdhury Room No.14, Hostel No1,TTC ,CLW,Chittaranjan – 713331 09163340901 23. Jt. Genl. Secy Er. S.Karunakaran 1/22, IInd Street, Nerhu Nagar, , Chennai-53 09003149358 24. Jt. Genl. Secy Er. Surjit Singh 120 B-Type IV, RCF Colony, Kapurthala, 144602 08437043119 25. Jt. Genl. Secy Er. Beerbal Singh 196/C-1, LDA Colony, Kanpur Road, Lucknow – 226012 09794830506 26. Jt. Genl. Secy Er. Rajesh Jatana 130A- Type-IV RCF Township, Kapurthala-144602 08437043118 27. Jt. Genl. Secy Er. Aranga Nathan 10, Veerapathirasamy street, Nethaji Nagar Extn. , Chennai 08056050273 28. Jt. Genl. Secy Er.P.Lakshminarayanan No.2, Vikrama Flats 40-21, Neels Garden,2nd Street, Perumbur, Chennai- 09003149444 600011 29. Jt. Genl. Secy Er. S.Harinder Singh Guru Hargobind Nagar, Village Rawal P.O. Bhullana, Kapurthala-144620 30. Jt. Genl. Secy Er. Raja Parbhakar 27, VII Street, 2ndCross, VaishnaviNagar, Chennai-109 09003149354 31. Jt. Genl. Secy Er. Subir Battacharjee SSE/CLW, ST.No.34, QRS.No.33D, P.O.Chittaranjan, Pin-713365 09434032161 32. Jt. Genl. Secy. Er.Ramesh Chowdhary SSE/Power/HR(W)/J, 536 A,Sector-2, Kuri Bhagattasani Housing Board 09001198367 Colony, Jodhpur (342005) 33. Jt. Genl. Secy Er. E. Raju 3/282, Raghva Nagar, IIIrd main Road, Ever green flat, , 09444177045 Chennai-91 34. Jt. Genl. Secy Er. NirmalChandran A-5, Sterling Lotus Appts, 11th Street, Korathur, Chennai-80 09884085065 35. Jt. Genl. Secy Er. Antony Francis SSE/Safety, EMU Workshop( W.Rly.), Mahalaxmi, Mumbai-400013 09004441452 36. Jt. Genl. Secy B. Bashkar Naidu 2-38/1-147 Guntapally Village, Near Bezavada, Krishna Dist. A.P. 521241. 09701379666 37. Jt. Genl. Secy K. Deeraj Kumar HNO : 1-1-989 Sidhardhanagar, Kazipet, Warangal Dist 09440176085 38. Jt. Genl. Secy R.K.Singh Qr.No. 317(A), Baulia Railway colony,Gorakhpur -273012 09794840449 39. Jt. Genl. Secy Er. V.Natarajan 25, Mariappa Mudaliar Lane, East Andar Street, Trichy - 620002 40. Jt. Genl. Secy Er. K.Prabu 6/7 Town Hall, 6th Street, , Suvalpet - 631001 41. Jt. Genl. Secy Er. Kiran Kumar 8, Kumaran street, Mangammal Salai, Ayyappa Nagar, K.K.Nagar, (PO) 09003145440 Trichy – 620021 42. Jt. Genl. Secy Er.V.Suresh SSE/BRS, Central Workshops, S.W.RailwayAshokaPuram, Mysore, South 09731667474 .570008 43. Jt. Genl. Secy Er. R.S.Mouriya N.Rly C & W Workshop, Alambagh, Lucknow 226005 44. Jt. Genl. Secy Er. G.Srinivas RWF. No.303D, West colony, Rly Qrtrs, Yelahanka, Bangalore-64 09449871221 45. Jt. Genl. Secy Er.Brindaban Das Adhikary St No. 61, QRS. No. D 12, P.O.-Chittaranjan, District- Burdwan, 713331. 08420043221 46. Jt. Genl. Secy Er. Prabhakar R.Nalawade A-102,Hrishikesh CHS, Dr.Govindraodalvi Rd, Dahisar-W, Mumbai-400069 09869368789 47. Er.O.P,Srivastav C-2/130 Sec F Extn LDA Colony, Kanpur Road, Lucknow-226012 09335605712 48. Er.M.T.Sujith Kumar New No.67, St. no 37 St Anthony St, GKM Colony, Chennai-600082 09444905357 49. Er. Dayalan 319, 2nd A Main Road, 6th cross, Muyhyalamma Nagar Gokul Ext Bangalore- Sr. Org. 560054 Secretary 50. Er. Majidur Rahman St. No.-4, Qrs. No.-15B P.O.- Chittaranjan Dist. Burdwan W B 09163340057 51. Er. E. Ramesh 22, VV Koil Street, Kodaperi, Tambram, Chennai-600045 09003149666 52. Er. Kailash Yadav LD-145 B, Graham Margh, N.Rly, VG Colony, Alambagh, Lucknow-226005 0800334402 53. Org. Secretary Er. L.P.Verma SSE/BSS, N.W.Rly W/S, Jodhpur-342003 09001198357 54. Org. Secretary Er. Nasir Khan No.310 A, West colony, RWF Quarters, Yelahanka, Bangalore-560064 08453677860 55. Org. Secretary Er. Thirumaran 208, Neethi Illam, 7th Street, South Ext, Kattur, Trichy – 620019 09788761155 56. Org. Secretary Er. Zahir Hussain Plot No 131, RVS Nagar, Khajamalai, Trichy – 620023 07708003011 57. Org. Secretary Er. Rajagopal 1160, Devadanam Street, Bikshandarkoil, Trichy – 621216 09003840170 58. Org. Secretary Er. G.Mani No.10, Ratinam Street, Gandhi Nagar, Arakkonam - 631003 59. Org. Secretary Er.V. Sunil Kumar 1175A, 1st Main Rd, Poompuhar Nagar, Kolathur, Chennai-99 09003160346 60. Org. Secretary Er. Kailasanathan D2/G7, Rohini Garden Enclave Appt. Pattabiraman street, Tennur, Trichy-17 09003864303 61. Org. Secretary K. Subramanyam 14-138/1/1, Raja Srinivasa Nagar, Mirjalguda, Malkajgiri, Secundrabad 09493401255 62. Org. Secretary Er.D.RamakrishnaMurthy, SSE/Pain Shop, CRS/SC.Rly Workshop Tirupathi-517506, 09866692254 63. Org. Secretary Er.Boominathan Plot No.7, Adhiyamannagar, Rajiv Gandhi Street, Chennai-600082 09003149371

Voice of Rail Engineers Page –15 Nov-Dec, 2014 CEC – IRTSA (2014-15) Continued from page - 14 S.N DESIGNATION NAME ADDRESS TELE / MOB 64. Org. Secretary Er.P.Baskaran No.26/1,–A, R.S. Flats, South TirumalaiNagar, Villivakkam, Chennai-49 09004149463 65. Org. Secretary Er. M.Ganesan Old17/New41, IIIrd Street, Rajaji Nagar, Villivakkam, Chennai – 600099 09003149642 66. Org. Secretary Er. R. Ravi No.1, SwamiprabhuPada, Srinagar Colony, Thirumullaivoyil, 08056050137 Chennai-62 67. Org. Secretary Er. Y. R. S. Benarjee 2A, Seeyalam 2nd street Extn, Villivakkam, Chennai- 49 09884401834 68. Org. Secretary Er.GaneshBabu 12/12, Kamaraj Street, , Chennai-600023 08056050118 69. Org. Secretary Er. Baldev Raj 332 -A– RCF Colony, Kapurthala-144602 (Pb) 08437043510 70. Org. Secretary Er. .Puran Chand No.5.Guru Hargobind Nagar, Village Rawal P.O.Bhullana,Kapurthala-144620 71. S. Paramjeet Singh Q. NO: 110A Type-4DS, Rail Coach Factory, Kapurthala-144602 72. Org. Secretary Er.P.K.Radha Krishnan SSE/BRS Central Workshops, S.W.Railway, AshokaPuram, 09449324325 Mysore South-570008 73. Org. Secretary Er. A. Ramakrishnan SSE/HCR Central Workshops, S.W.Railway AshokaPuram, 09731667492 Mysore South (Karnataka) - 570008 74. Org. Secretary Er. V.Amarnath Rao SSE/CBR, Central Workshops, S.W.Railway, AshokaPuram, Mysore South, 09972002211 – 570008 75. Org.Secretary Er.Arvind Kumar 745-A, KawaBagh Rly Colony, Gorakhpur-273012 09794840488 76. Org.Secretary Er.K.K.Pavitran SSE/CL, central workshops, Ashokapuram, Mysore south, PIN 570008 09731667476 77. Org.Secretary Er.Girish Bhat SSE/ Bogie, Carriage Workshop ( W.Rly.), Lower Parel, Mumbai-400013 09004441526 78. Org.Secretary Er. Dasaya Naik 19-4-5P/103, Pranitha Reddy Apartment, R.R.Reddy Colony, S.T.V.Nagar, 09701342256 Tirupathi-517501. 79. Org.Secretary Er. Ramesh C. Mahanti 764A, Stadium Road, East Coliny, Jamalpur – 811214 09771447464 80. Org.Secretary Er. Amal Gorai St. No.-11, Qrs. No.-2B P.O.- Chittaranjan Dist. Burdwan W B 09475316379 81. Org.Secretary Er. Amit Chakraborty St. No.-16, Qrs. No.-4A P.O.- Chittaranjan Dist. Burdwan W B 08420043428 82. Member CEC Er. Sanjay Das St. No.-34, Qrs. No.-12A P.O.- Chittaranjan Dist. Burdwan W B 08420043364 83. Member CEC Er. Amit Das St. No.-10, Qrs. No.-23B P.O.- Chittaranjan Dist. Burdwan W B 08420043264 84. Member CEC Er.Tapan Roychowdhury St. No.-6, Qrs. No.-15B P.O.- Chittaranjan Dist. Burdwan W B 09163340255 85. Member CEC ER. Vishvas Makkalageri Kanchanganga CHS LTD, Bldg.No.21/A/14, Navare nagar, Ambarnath (E) 09969188832 86. Member CEC Er. Mruthyunjaya Bapat # 58, 1st Cross 1st Main, Telecom Layout, Srirampura, Post : Jakkur, 09449871307 Bangalore- 560 064 87. Member CEC Er. P. Alargarsamy #228/D , Type2 West Colony, Quarters, Yelahanka, 09449393667 Bangalore -560 064 88. Member CEC Er.N.Balakrishnan 7, Adinath Nagar, Kolathur, Chennai-600099 09003149544 89. Member CEC Er.R.Sekar 37, 1st main Rosd, Jayalakshmi Nagar, Thirumullaivoyil, Chennai-62 08056050146 90. Member CEC Er.G.Kandan 9, Naladiyar street, Sri Sakthi Nagar, , Chennai-600109 08056050162 91. Member CEC Er.V.P.Sundaram 5/396, Agathiar Salai, J.J.Nagar, Mugappair East, Chennai – 37 09003149646 92. Member CEC Er.B.Sarvanan 258/1, North Colony, ICF, Chennai-600038 09003141470 93. Member CEC Er.V.Gopi 100/1, Vellar Street, Ayanavaram, Chennai-600023 09003149883 94. Member CEC Er.A.Sundaraja NO:54 Haji Abdul Rahim Street Near Jamalia Chennai 600012 08056050359 95. Member CEC Er.Syed Asmatulla 16/1, East Colony, , Chennai-600038 09003149599 96. Member CEC Er. T.KrishnaBabu 83,A-Sivarajpet, Thirupathur, Vellore Dist, 635601 09360775450 97. Member CEC Er. Gasesan 10, Somasundram Nagar, Thiruvottiyur, Chennai-19 09941910160 98. Member CEC Er. E.Girish 29/47, Kumarappa Street, , Chennai – 600034 09884929713 99. Member CEC Er. Dayalan 24B, Kaveri Nagar, 2nd Street, Kolathur, Chennai-99 100. Member CEC Er. Baaputy 36, A2, Amman Nagar, Podanur, -641023 101. Member CEC Er. Muhazin.P.P Pandera Parambath House, Velliparamba (PO), Calicut - 673008 102. Member CEC Er. Vetri 3, Padasalai Street, Laksmipuram, , Chennai-600044 09500007514 103. Member CEC Er.U.P.Singh Q.No.100, KawaBagh Rly Colony, Gorakhpur -273012 09794845205 104. Member CEC Er.A.K.Saha 21 K.P. Kumar street, Bally, Howrah - 711201 105. Member CEC Er.P.K.Das Gupta Charakdanga Road, PO.Uttardara, Hooghly-712250 106. Member CEC Er.S.K.Jain SSE Train Lighting, W.RLY. BG, Ahmadabad-382140 09427050203 107. Member CEC Er. R.M.Parmar 17, Gayathri Park Society, Near Abilasa Cross Road, New Sama Road, 09724098324 Vadodra –390008 108. Member CEC Er. P.Omprakash SSE, Wheel, SWR Workshop, Sriramapura II stage, Mysore- 23 09480381301 109. Member CEC Er.Kaknakraju SSE/INSP, Central Workshops, Ashokapuram, Mysore south, PIN 570008 09141735021 110. Member CEC Er. Amar Deb SSE/Y&T, NW.Rly W/S, Jodhpur – 342003 09001198343 111. Member CEC Er. Amit Rathi 615-E, Tupe-II, RCF Colony, Kapurthala-144602 112. Member CEC Er. Kamal Sharma 118-D, Type – IV (D.S), RCF Colony, Kapurthala-144602 113. Member CEC Er. Sohanlal 520-A Type-II, RCF Colony,Kapurthala, 144602 114. Member CEC Er. Parwandra Kumar 683-A, Type-II, RCF Colony,Kapurthala, 144602 08437043989 115. Member CEC Er. Anil.K.Verma SSE, Loco, Charbagh workshop, Northern Rly, Lucknow-226012 08400334056 116. Member CEC Er. Vivek Shukla 65/60, Chitwapur Road, Opp.Vikas Deep Building, Lucknow-226019 08400334081 117. Member CEC Er. Rajesh Shah SSE/Saloom, C&W Work shop, Alambagh, Lucknow-226005 09794830512 118. Member CEC Er. G.S.Yadav 7D/17 Sector-7, Vrandavan Yojana Raebareli road, Lucknow - 226025 08400334427 119. Member CEC Er. Nautam Singh 7D/17 Sector-7, Vrandavan Yojana Raebareli road, Lucknow - 226025 08400334568 120. Member CEC Er. S.S.Gupta 551 Hind Nagar, Kanpur Road Lucknow – 226012 09794830507 121. Member CEC Er. V.Satya Narayana SSE/AB Central Workshops, S.W.Railway, AshokaPuram, Mysore 570008 09343581117 122. Member CEC Er.K.K.Pavithran SSE/HCR Central Workshops, S.W.Railway AshokaPuram, 09731667476 Mysore South (Karnataka) - 570008 123. Member CEC Er.Kulwinder Singh 37/B, Ghuman Nagar, Pataiala 124. Member CEC G. Rajendra Prasad RamnagarGuntapally Village, Near Bezavada, Krishna Dist. A.P. 521241. 09701373334 125. Zonal Secy /ER Er. Goutam Mukherjee 6/10, GopalChatterjee Road, P.O.Cossipore,Kolkatta-700002, 09002029641 126. Zonal Secy /SR Er. Abdul Salam RC Kamalam Apts. Fl. No. A-28, III Street, Rajaji Nagar Vilivakam, Chennai- 04426505895 600049 09381000086 127. Zonal Secy/SCR Er.N.V.Ramanamurthy H.No.10-365/1, SatyaRaghavendra Nagar, Malkajgiri, Hyderabad-500 047. 07799370000

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CEC – IRTSA (2014-15) Continued from page - 15 128. Zonal Secy /SR Er. Abdul Salam RC Kamalam Apts. Fl. No. A-28, III Street, Rajaji Nagar Vilivakam, Chennai- 04426505895 600049 09381000086 129. Zonal Secy/SCR Er.N.V.Ramanamurthy H.No.10-365/1, SatyaRaghavendra Nagar, Malkajgiri, Hyderabad-500 047. 09701370463 130. Zonal Secy/NER Er. R.K. Pandey 642, Chandra Niketan, Krishna Nagar Pvt, Colony, Basharatpur, 09451039298 Gorakpur – 273004 09794840415 131. Zonal Secy/NFR Er. K.K. Deb VidhanPali ,Jaljhalia, Malda-732102 (WB). 03512269556 132. Zonal Secy/NR Er. B.D.Mishra Qrt. No L-9-B, Jail Road, Munanerbagh Railway Colony, 09794830808 Lucknow-226001 09794830593 133. Zonal Secy/WR Er. R.B. Singh SSE/Estimate, EMU Workshop( W.Rly.), Mahalaxmi, Mumbai-400013 09004441493 134. Zonal Secy/SER Er. E. LaxmanRao SSE, Shop 56, SE Railway Kharagpur Workshop, Kharagpur=720301 09153647448 135. Zonal Secy/DLW Er. Mukesh Chand Verma Qr.No 378/A, DLW Colony, Varanasi - 221004 09794864529 136. Zonal Secy/CLW Er. Sugata Dutta SSE/CLW, Vivekananda Pali West Rangamatia PO Rupnarayanpur, 09732047217 Distt Burdwan- West Bengal, PIN 713386 137. Zonal Secy /ICF Er. V.B.Narayanan 1, Nerhu Road, Anna Nagar, , Chennai – 600075 09003149359 138. Zonal Secy/RCF Er. MayankBhatnagar 114-D RCF Colony, Kapurthala-144602 08437043273 139. Zonal Secy/RWF Er.B.Jayakumar 333/E, RWF West Colony, Yelahanka, 560064. 09449846486 140. ZonalSecy/DMW Er. Jaswinder Singh Bawa 234/3, Azad Nagar, Patiala - 09417414295 141. ZonalSecy/NWR Er. O.N. Purohit SSE/MW, NW Rly. Diesel Shed, BKT, Jodhpur-342008, 09828024476 142. Zonal Secy/SWR Er. K.L.Vinod Kumar 122, VSCHS layout, Sakthi Nagar, Sathagalli, Mysore-19 09448253319 143. Zonal Er. DK Singh SE / WRS, SEC Railway Workshop, Raipur (Chhatisgarh)-492001 09907475771 Secy/SECR

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